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#68: Taylor & Travis' Wedding: Our Reactions & Biggest Takeaways with Ariana Teachey & Susan Stremlau
Episode 6818th August 2026 • Now That I'm Engaged, How Do I Get Married • Kevin Dennis
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In this episode of Now That I'm Engaged, How Do I Get Married?, Kevin Dennis and August Yocher welcome back wedding pros and Swifties Susan Stremlau of Marion Moss Floral and Ariana Teachey of Ariana & Co. to break down everything we know so far about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding... so far.

We'll cover everything from the venue and design details to guest experience, privacy, and wedding trends. Susan and Ariana share their reactions to the newly released information, revisit their pre-wedding predictions, and discuss how one of the biggest celebrity weddings of the decade could influence weddings for years to come.

Highlights:

  • What we know about Taylor & Travis' wedding
  • Revisiting our wedding predictions
  • Guest experience and privacy take center stage
  • Wedding design details and trends
  • How celebrity weddings influence real couples
  • What we're hoping to see when the official photos are released

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Kevin Dennis (:

All right, folks, welcome to another episode. And now that I'm engaged, how do I get married? We're talking about the Taylor Travis are married. So let's let we're gonna jump into that

August Yocher (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

and get going because we did a little preview of what we thought was gonna happen and now we're gonna see if we were right or not, because those two little lovebirds got married on July third at Madison Square Garden in New York City, which we all got that part wrong, I think. No none of us had

Susan Stremlau (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

the venue right. So

But before we jump in, we're gonna ask Susan and Ariana to tell us a little bit about themselves and how we got them here today. So we'll let Susan, we'll let you go first.

Susan Stremlau (:

Okay, I'm Susan Stremlau. I own Marion Moss Floral Design and Farm where we grow specialty flowers for florists and do weddings throughout the wine country here. And I've been in the industry for geez, 40 years, I think.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

Crazy. It makes me sound really old, which I am.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

Anyway,

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

August Yocher (:

No, no.

Susan Stremlau (:

I'm a Swiftie, original Swiftie, caught

you know, the album the first album bug when the first album came out and I've seen her in concert three times with the Era's tour being the last time.

Kevin Dennis (:

Love it.

Ariana Teachey (:

Nice.

Kevin Dennis (:

All right, Ariana, you're up.

Ariana Teachey (:

So my name's Ariana Teachey and I've been in the wedding industry for I would say it's been about like 15 years, maybe a little bit longer. I'm a virtual assistant for wedding professionals, but I've had my hand in a lot of different areas in the wedding industry, from wedding PR to planning weddings at a venue. so that's kind of my how I'm in the wedding industry.

and I'm a Swiftie. I've I've been a Swiftie for a really long time since since her debut album. but the first time I went to concert was the Era's Tour that I got to see her in concert. So that was really exciting. So, but love love to follow all all the things, Taylor Swift and all the little Easter eggs we get. So

Kevin Dennis (:

Well

and and for those that may or may not remember, we were doing our bi what bi monthly meeting or whatever we whatever it was when the two of them got engaged. It was officially announced. So yes. Yeah, you did break the news. We didn't think she we thought she was lying, to be honest with you. So

Ariana Teachey (:

Yes, yes. And I got to break the news. So that was very exciting.

August Yocher (:

Yes.

Ariana

was our our Paul Revere in that moment.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah, yeah. 'Cause we had our we had our own Taylor talk almost every time

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Ariana Teachey (:

when they were dating. So yeah, the end of our meetings, there was we were.

August Yocher (:

There was a lot going on then. We were getting a lot of information, so

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

All right. And then August, why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself since you're a guest today and not a not a normal co host.

August Yocher (:

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

I was not prepared for this. All

Susan Stremlau (:

Okay.

August Yocher (:

right. Well, my name is August Yocher. I work with Kevin here at Fantasy Sound Event Services. We're in the Tri-Valley of California. I have been in the wedding industry for I think nine or ten years now. and I work, I mean, I've done a lot, like Ariana kind of been all over the place with events

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm-hmm.

August Yocher (:

and whatnot, but now

ally super got into her until:

Kevin Dennis (:

Wow.

August Yocher (:

here. Whoa,

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm-hmm.

August Yocher (:

got something special

here. and then like Ariana too, my first Taylor

concert was the Era's Tour and I did get to go twice, which was also super awesome. I got to go to Levi Stadium in California and also in LA, which was super cool. We did the whole bracelet making trading, got that sense of community. It was it was just very special and very fun.

Kevin Dennis (:

All right, perfect. All right. So first off, let's talk about what we do know. So we don't have any pictures

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

yet, but as of the recording of this podcast, who knows? They could drop at any moment. but there's a lot of information and I will give the knot credit as they they were like TMZ when it came to this wedding about getting information.

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

So they did a really good job. So we know they had roughly a thousand guests, right?

August Yocher (:

Which is crazy.

Susan Stremlau (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah. But I I I mean it sounds about right if you think about it. And then

August Yocher (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

the one that really made me like laugh was the their officiant was Adam Sandler and I would have paid money to see that. 'Cause that that had to be like

Susan Stremlau (:

Kevin, you realize

you mentioned him in the last

Kevin Dennis (:

I did.

Susan Stremlau (:

podcast. Yeah. You did.

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah, yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

August Yocher (:

'cause of his Travis's he

Kevin Dennis (:

Yep.

August Yocher (:

did the movie with him, yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

Well, but then but there's also the I learned it's the connection like Taylor's had with his daughters. So

Susan Stremlau (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

yeah, for a

long time. So I forgot I mentioned that. But yeah, but I but that that blew me away. I thought that was hilarious. Maybe maybe

August Yocher (:

Did you manifest that, maybe?

Kevin Dennis (:

I did, you never

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

know. But I I was also thinking, how many people are gonna ask Adam now to officiate their wedding? Like you could you imagine? So

August Yocher (:

He's booked

and busy now, yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

he's

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

it's gonna be

his side hustle. So

August Yocher (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

all right, we know there was performances by Paul McCartney and Stevie Nicks, which

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

and then Paul McCartney did a song that he has not sang since he was with the Beatles, which I forget was it Here Comes the Sun.

August Yocher (:

I can look it up real quick. Yeah, let me see.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

I forget I I think don't lose it, but I don't remember quickly. I should have wrote that down. But I wanna hold your hand.

August Yocher (:

I wanna hold your hand. it's a great song.

Kevin Dennis (:

There you go. But yeah, he has not performed that since he was with the Beatles, which I thought was kinda cool. But I I have imagined there there was so many like Nashville people there, so much music. There

Susan Stremlau (:

Yeah, no.

Kevin Dennis (:

it I would imagine there's more than Paul McCartney and Stevie Nicks. It's just, you know.

I can imagine some kind of karaoke session broke out at some point with everyone performing, but

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

there's just too many

August Yocher (:

When I wonder

if Taylor performed herself, you know?

Kevin Dennis (:

I I would imagine she did. I would be shocked if she did not.

Susan Stremlau (:

I did hear that she sang during her vows.

Kevin Dennis (:

well there you go.

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

August Yocher (:

That's sweet.

Susan Stremlau (:

Mm-hmm.

Ariana Teachey (:

That

is very sweet.

Kevin Dennis (:

Well, okay. Speaking of vows, they wrote Yeah, I was like, they wrote their own vows.

August Yocher (:

Yeah, and s and speaking of the vows, yeah.

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

And it says reported reportedly speaking for twenty minutes each, and each even performed a duet for the guests. So there you go, Susan. And who knew? Yeah, I was like I don't think yeah,

August Yocher (:

I would have also paid to hear Travis sing, so

Ariana Teachey (:

Sing yes, yes.

Susan Stremlau (:

Ha ha.

Kevin Dennis (:

I don't think he I yeah. Maybe I wouldn't have paid for that one, but okay. All right.

Ariana Teachey (:

No

Susan Stremlau (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

So and then

August Yocher (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

they both wore custom Christian Dior designs by Jonathan Anderson, is that right?

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

With

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

custom I what kind of Christian Loub-

August Yocher (:

Louboutins.

Ariana Teachey (:

Louboutins.

Susan Stremlau (:

Louboutins.

Kevin Dennis (:

They see I don't even know this stuff. Shoes and Cartier jewelry. Yeah.

August Yocher (:

It's the red bottoms.

Kevin Dennis (:

th are those the red bottoms. So they they were decked out. So that's how we know there's gonna be photos, because Christian Dior's group came out and said there will be photos, right?

August Yocher (:

Yeah, I think they

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

August Yocher (:

just said though, if well go ahead, Ariana.

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah, I think they said they would be released by the couple if they were gonna be released, right? Like

Kevin Dennis (:

Okay. All

Ariana Teachey (:

yeah.

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

right. They skipped traditional bridesmaids and groomsmen, but instead Taylor had her brother Austin, who served as the man of honor, and then Crazy Jason was the best man. So I I would it I can only imagine what his speech was like. So then the arena was heavily draped to create intimacy, which I thought

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

because the whole time I'm like, how are they gonna do this? But that makes total sense.

Susan Stremlau (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

And it

was a complete garden vibe with I think and didn't we say garden vibe last time? Like I felt

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

like yep, so we got that right. Elevated with high low catering such as caviar topped chicken nuggets. So I there you go. So I could only

August Yocher (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

imagine there was all kinds of great food and all kinds of different things. we do we do know the couple paid over a hundred and sixty thousand dollars to get permits to do all this stuff at MSG.

And then one thing that's not on our list but some guy collected the garbage and was selling garbage after I saw that on

August Yocher (:

Yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

Another

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

thing that I think go ahead.

August Yocher (:

No, you go ahead, Susan.

Susan Stremlau (:

I think another thing worth mentioning is that they donated the week of their wedding $26

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm-hmm.

Susan Stremlau (:

million to charities that were meaningful to

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

them in New York City,

August Yocher (:

Whoa.

Susan Stremlau (:

in Kansas City, in Nashville, LA. And that was really fantastic. And recently, this week, some of the donations were to first responders in New York City. And they have

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

been thanking the couple this the recently in the past few days.

Kevin Dennis (:

Well yeah, 'cause it and I mean not that this was I mean, I'm sure it was all planned all along, but it that the New York Knicks were gonna do what they did. So that city got hit. it was crazy with what happened.

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm.

Susan Stremlau (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

You know, that whole MSG area, the whole thing, it just was insane with the Knicks winning and then I'm sure those poor first responders worked double, triple, quadruple time to make sure everything happened between the Knicks and this wedding. So

Yeah, that was very

Susan Stremlau (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

nice of them to do that part. all right, so what predictions did we get right from the last episode?

Ariana Teachey (:

The garden theme for sure. And I think we also said it was going to be big, but I think I said I wished it was small. But I was like, but I think we all kind of agreed we thought it would be big because of who

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

Ariana Teachey (:

they are and how much celebrity kind of power they have behind both of them. So

August Yocher (:

Yeah.

Ariana Teachey (:

I think we got that got that right. So

Kevin Dennis (:

Well I heard that Taylor

basically invited like everyone she knew that she w had a relationship still with. You know, like so it just like if she had any kind of relationship with you, she you were invited to the wedding.

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

So and then Travis invited the whole Kansas City Chiefs football team except for that one crazy

August Yocher (:

Wow.

Kevin Dennis (:

guy. Yeah. The kicker that's controversial, he didn't get invited. But I heard everyone else got invited from the football team.

August Yocher (:

'Cause

I'm sure he knows a lot through football as well. Well and have any of you guys been to MSG before? Cause like my thought when I heard that guest count number was how I don't even know if a thousand people could fit on the floor, but maybe, but like with with

Kevin Dennis (:

You can. Yeah.

August Yocher (:

decor and tables and like potentially different types of installations, like I am curious to see what that looks like.

Kevin Dennis (:

So

the chairs, I've actually sat kind of behind the basket for a basketball game there once. And so and you're sitting on folding chairs, believe it or not. So the arena

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

is older, so it's not as modern as some of these new fancy arenas out there. So I could see if they brought up all the folding chairs and all that kind of stuff, there would be plenty of room. Cause I think cause the the way that is built, it's built for basketball, but it's also built for hockey, and the hockey rink is bigger than the basketball.

Ariana Teachey (:

okay.

August Yocher (:

Hmm.

Okay.

Susan Stremlau (:

A couple of predictions that we got right, Kevin. You mentioned that Jason would be the best man, and you were right. And

Kevin Dennis (:

Yep. Yeah. Well that was that was an

easy one. That was like low hanging fruit.

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

Yeah.

August Yocher (:

Yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

but we all mentioned that we thought it would have a Renaissance vibe. And I've heard that they there was a castle that was constructed in Madison

Square Gardens and that they stood in front of it for their vows and then the guests walked through it to this like carnival kind of atmosphere.

So I think we got the Renaissance thing correct. We'll see. I don't

Kevin Dennis (:

Okay.

Susan Stremlau (:

know if I'm hearing rumors, but I've I've heard a bunch like George Kittle and some different people have said a few things about what it was like in there.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah. There's been some loose lips, I I feel like, about

Susan Stremlau (:

Mm-hmm.

August Yocher (:

Yeah, I'm like

who what can they say? What can they not say? And yeah,

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

August Yocher (:

and there's a lot of people, like it it would be hard to keep like a closed lid on all of that. Were were

Susan Stremlau (:

Yeah.

August Yocher (:

there any like celebrities you guys were like surprised to see that attended?

Susan Stremlau (:

Hugh Grant?

August Yocher (:

Yeah, that's what we were saying at the office too. We were like, What's what's the connection there?

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah, I

Susan Stremlau (:

Yeah.

Ariana Teachey (:

think

Kevin Dennis (:

It's

gotta be something

August Yocher (:

But

Kevin Dennis (:

He's probably a fan.

Ariana Teachey (:

I think yeah,

Karlie Kloss, I think was one where we were like, Do we really think

August Yocher (:

Mm.

Ariana Teachey (:

she's gonna be invited? And I was a little surprised that she was, and that Blake Lively was not there. So that was

August Yocher (:

Mm.

Ariana Teachey (:

just interesting to me to to see.

Kevin Dennis (:

Well and

that Blake and Blake was very public out in the public when the wedding was going. Yeah. Correct. Yeah. Yeah.

Ariana Teachey (:

Showing that she wasn't there. Yeah.

August Yocher (:

So tea yeah. That's a whole other conversation in itself. sorry, go ahead, Susan.

Susan Stremlau (:

Yeah. I also saw the chef Yeah.

That's okay. The chef Jamie Oliver was there.

Kevin Dennis (:

That's an interesting one.

Susan Stremlau (:

So I don't know.

Yeah. I'd love to see the complete

Kevin Dennis (:

Well, and that's

Susan Stremlau (:

guest list.

Kevin Dennis (:

yeah, could you imagine it would be and dissecting it and breaking it down and seeing what is what with all that. So Yeah. Well, and then there's gotta be it's crazy too, because it's the sports world colliding with like the acting world, colliding with the music world, you know, and

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm.

Kevin Dennis (:

then and then all their family and friends, you know, 'cause you gotta think about like, you know, all

August Yocher (:

Plus ones.

Kevin Dennis (:

yeah well the plus ones, but also just like

You know, can you imagine being Travis and Jason's aunt and uncle and you know, you just watch these two little knuckleheads grow up

August Yocher (:

So they're like, whoa.

Kevin Dennis (:

and next thing you know, Travis is getting married in Madison Square Garden to one of

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

the most famous female pop singers ever. You know, you know what I'm saying? It's just such a weird, you know, next thing you know, like how many people were walking around that room star struck is what would be a good question.

Susan Stremlau (:

I heard somebody

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

saying and I can't remember who it was, but somebody was saying the fact that everybody had no cell phones made it seem like the celebrities who were there were very comfortable talking to like Travis's cousin because everybody was

Kevin Dennis (:

Mm.

Susan Stremlau (:

kind of equal there without their phone. They were

August Yocher (:

Yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

there as friends and family of the couple, just like any other wedding.

Kevin Dennis (:

And

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm.

Kevin Dennis (:

the way it should be, to be yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

Right.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

So

August Yocher (:

No, but

that's such a good point. No one's like coming up to them asking for selfies or autographs. Like, can they can really just like break that barrier down and just relax.

Ariana Teachey (:

Hm. Yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

I forget

who it was they were saying they were going to the bathroom and they looked over and somebody very famous was peeing next to them and they were kind of like, whoa

August Yocher (:

Like,

hey Hey there.

Kevin Dennis (:

Like celebrities have gotta pee too, so

Ariana Teachey (:

Okay.

Susan Stremlau (:

Ha ha.

August Yocher (:

my god.

Kevin Dennis (:

it's true

Ariana Teachey (:

Hay.

Kevin Dennis (:

so

August Yocher (:

No, I know, that's just

Susan Stremlau (:

Ha ha ha.

August Yocher (:

when you put it like that, yeah.

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

I mean,

hey, there are people.

All right. So what's

August Yocher (:

They are

Kevin Dennis (:

the first thing you're hoping to see once the official photos are released?

Ariana Teachey (:

I think just the installations and like what like world they kind of created in that space 'cause they kind of created their own little their own little venue inside that huge

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

Ariana Teachey (:

venue. So I think that'll be the most interesting thing is like the installation and stuff like that.

August Yocher (:

I think like Taylor's mind is so amazing just when it comes to music. So, like you're saying, Ariana, just to see that translated into an event space, I think will be

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm-hmm.

August Yocher (:

also very cool to see. Like she leaves no stone unturned. She's very meticulous and specific with what she does in anything, right? I think she takes a lot of pride in that. So and for like the biggest day of your life for your wedding day, I I wouldn't expect anything different. So

I hope we get to see that stuff. I think that'll be very exciting.

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

I'm interested in just seeing pictures of them together and you know, what they were wearing and things. I think a lot

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm-hmm.

Susan Stremlau (:

comes across in photos. You guys know from being in the wedding industry.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

And,

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Susan Stremlau (:

you know, there's so many the general public, I think, when they heard Madison Square Garden was, you know, picturing them standing on a basketball court with, you know, bleachers all around them and were not imaginative.

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm-hmm.

Susan Stremlau (:

So

For everybody to be able to see what a great wedding planner, designer, you know, I'm sure probably some set designers were involved in this from Taylor's experiences with her videos and tours, just to see what can be transformed. I think

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

will be will be interesting for everyone.

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

that's I where I was gonna go. The whole time I keep thinking is the logistics of this whole thing to make it all go, you know, like like you were saying. No,

August Yocher (:

A headache, I'm sure.

Kevin Dennis (:

just like how many different kind of like set designers and different professionals, you know, from even like a rental company to everything that was involved, because this was so much you you're bringing so many different like technical people together.

And just to orchestrate this and make it harmonious has gotta be so you know, it's gotta it was get quite the feat, is what I'm saying.

Susan Stremlau (:

Yes.

Kevin Dennis (:

Especially

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

because everything was so hidden going in. Remember how everything was like wrapped in black going in and then coming out, it was not wrapped anymore. But everything going in, coming off trucks that were unloaded were were wrapped, and you had no idea what was in there.

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

August Yocher (:

How much money do you guys think they spent? Because I think I was looking it up. The the most expensive wedding in the world to this date was somewhere between 1 billion and 1.4. So I am I don't think they would spend that much, but

Kevin Dennis (:

It's not that much.

Susan Stremlau (:

Mm-mm.

August Yocher (:

I do think it's up there. I mean, to feed

Kevin Dennis (:

Well, I mean and and then especially

August Yocher (:

that many people and like like even the permits and like you know I'm how many designers and vendors they hired, like I'm sure.

It was

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

August Yocher (:

not cheap, but

I wouldn't even know

Kevin Dennis (:

I would get

August Yocher (:

how to guesstimate that, so

Kevin Dennis (:

All right, let's guess. How much you think?

August Yocher (:

I know

five hundred million.

Ariana Teachey (:

I don't know.

Kevin Dennis (:

That was gonna be my guess.

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

August Yocher (:

Twinsies.

Susan Stremlau (:

I think under a million or under a billion for sure. I have no idea how to. You know, I just think about

Kevin Dennis (:

Okay. I was like

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Ariana Teachey (:

yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

the the flowers themselves, you know,

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm-hmm.

Susan Stremlau (:

and how many people you would need to have on hand to transform a space like that, like in two days

Kevin Dennis (:

yeah.

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

with a perishable product. it had to

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

and

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Susan Stremlau (:

the fact that nobody like none of the freelancers has leaked anything is astounding to me, you know.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah, I

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

agree. Yeah, someone you're shocked that no one has gone rogue on this.

Susan Stremlau (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

So all right. What about their wedding are you most curious about from like a wedding pro's perspective? And then also what are you most excited to see?

August Yocher (:

Yeah.

Ariana Teachey (:

I think

for me it's like I would like to know the logistics, which is kind of what you were saying, Kevin. Like it would be cool to see the behind the scenes of like how this all kind of transpired and came together. Not that we would ever see that, but like that would

Kevin Dennis (:

No.

Ariana Teachey (:

be interest that would be so interesting to see how all of it came.

August Yocher (:

Maybe another doc.

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah, we're gonna get a wedding documentary. I think that that would be interesting.

Susan Stremlau (:

Perfect.

Ariana Teachey (:

I would really like to hear her take on like every like detail that she kind of like really was meticulous about because

We saw

that with like when she did like the fate of Ophelia when she did that and like showed us where every little piece was like put together and like why she did what she did. so I

Susan Stremlau (:

Mm-hmm.

Ariana Teachey (:

think that would be interesting because we know, like like you said, August, like she's very particular on like how, you know, her stamp is on everything.

August Yocher (:

Mm.

Ariana Teachey (:

so I think that would be interesting. I don't think we're gonna get it, but in in a fantasy world, that's what I would like to kind of know.

Kevin Dennis (:

That's crazy. I mean

Susan Stremlau (:

Personally, I would like

to see obviously the flowers and the colors that

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm.

Susan Stremlau (:

they used.

August Yocher (:

Mm.

Susan Stremlau (:

I've heard that the drapery was peach.

and I just want

August Yocher (:

Mm, peach.

Susan Stremlau (:

to see the colors and the flowers. And you know, those will definitely impact the industry and choices moving forward, I think.

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Ariana Teachey (:

Of yes.

Kevin Dennis (:

I was just gonna

say, do you how much once we see the photos, how much of an impact do you think that'll have?

Susan Stremlau (:

I think it'll be big.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah, I mean, I think we're gonna see like a Kate Middleton effect, like

Susan Stremlau (:

Mm-hmm.

Ariana Teachey (:

like when that happened, and we were seeing

Kevin Dennis (:

Mm-hmm.

Ariana Teachey (:

like her dress, you know, replicated or similar styles. We were seeing the flowers, we were seeing all of those details kind of pulled out. You know, you were seeing couples kind of take almost like a piece of a little piece of all of it. so I think it'll just be huge. So

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

Ariana Teachey (:

if we get to see.

August Yocher (:

Yeah. And I think Meghan mentioned this on Kevin's other podcast, Meghan Ely, but she was saying even if you're not like a Taylor Swift or Travis Kelsey fan and you're planning your wedding, those trends will still influence couples in a roundabout way because people will begin replicating. You'll start seeing those replicated photos and then you are just

you know, being inspired by it without even realizing where it came from in the first place. And I think

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

August Yocher (:

that's just it's just inevitable it's going to happen.

Ariana Teachey (:

So true.

Susan Stremlau (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

Now, do you think Taylor and Travis care w or what do you think Taylor and Travis cared most about on their wedding day?

Susan Stremlau (:

I think privacy and their

Kevin Dennis (:

Okay.

Susan Stremlau (:

guests experience.

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

Which is something I preach.

Susan Stremlau (:

Mm-hmm.

August Yocher (:

Yes.

Yeah, and it is interesting to see how couples deal with privacy moving forward. Like if the the secrecy around this, the mystery just like or just yeah, giving their celebrity guests that level of comfort when coming to this event, like will affect the way that couples approach privacy in their own weddings moving forward.

Susan Stremlau (:

Mm-hmm.

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

Well and even like their wedding plan or how private his like when you go to his website it's just an email address and you know, like I wonder if well like I wonder how much business that person is gonna get out of this.

August Yocher (:

It's kinda sick though. I love that. Like it's just like

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

August Yocher (:

you just gotta email me, you know? It's it's

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

August Yocher (:

kind of extremely confident, but I kind of love that at the same time, you know?

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah, I definitely think the privacy and the safety, like they really wanted their guests to feel like safe and taken like taken care of from like start to finish of them arriving through the whole entire experience that they were safe and taken care of.

August Yocher (:

I feel like it's hard to say what do you think they cared most about because I really do feel like they were the couple that probably cared about every little detail, you

Ariana Teachey (:

Everything.

August Yocher (:

know? So I think I just I know I keep saying it, but I just really hope we get something. I do think a docuseries would be hella cool. I don't think they'll do that. But like I

Kevin Dennis (:

Porque de não...

August Yocher (:

think us being like Swiftie fans and also being in the wedding industry, this is just like

two worlds colliding and you just can't help but be curious about all that stuff.

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

Well,

I think what- was it Susan or Ariana? I don't know who said that about like the docuseries- but it made me think. I I wonder if that's what's going on right now. And that's why the photos haven't been released.

Maybe there is a docuseries being involved. You never know.

Susan Stremlau (:

I did hear that

Taylor is gonna release it in a way that she wants to. From

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

Okay.

Susan Stremlau (:

a wedding pro standpoint, I would love to see some photos and like behind the scenes and some logistics revealed. From a fan standpoint, I would be totally okay if they never released a photo.

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

I just think you know

Kevin Dennis (:

Or do or would you be okay if they released

August Yocher (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

like just two or three like just a couple that there's pro you know, like there's proof that this happened? Yeah.

August Yocher (:

Yeah, like the engagement, yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

Would be awesome. One

thing we did mention too is that Jason's girls were flower girls. So they had the two, you know, their best man and their man of honor, and then they had all four of their girls as flower girls.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah. I heard

August Yocher (:

that's sweet.

Kevin Dennis (:

she I heard she's close to the to those girls. Yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm.

Kevin Dennis (:

And loves playing the auntie role with them. So k and then another thing, could you imagine these little girls are growing up and their aunt is Taylor Swift?

Susan Stremlau (:

Ha ha ha.

August Yocher (:

Yeah, that'd be a little jarring.

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

August Yocher (:

But cool at the end of the day, right? Well, and Susan,

Susan Stremlau (:

Yes.

August Yocher (:

I know we wanted to get your thoughts too on because we have gotten a few pictures of the toss bouquet from the wedding, and we wanted to know your thoughts surrounding that.

Susan Stremlau (:

I first of all the when it that photo first hit the internet, people were like, it's Taylor's bouquet. And I w I got into some spats with people online. That is not

Kevin Dennis (:

No.

Susan Stremlau (:

bouquet.

Ariana Teachey (:

Ha ha ha.

Susan Stremlau (:

I can tell you for sure that is not her bouquet. and if it was indeed the toss bouquet, it had, you know, been thrown around and stepped on and you

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

know, clearly it was the next day. But it was very simple. It was Queen Anne's Lace and Sweet Pea and I could imagine her bouquet being

a version of that which is very ethereal and sweet and you

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Susan Stremlau (:

know kind of like dreamy those those flowers together and I would love to see something like that because it's very simple and not like a five hundred dollar lily of the valley or you know twelve hundred dollar lily of the valley bouquet which you know is what a lot of people see. Yes.

August Yocher (:

I remember that circulating, yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

Yeah. So I think if that

If she did indeed just do Queen Anne's Lace and Sweet Pea, I would love that. I think it's beautiful.

Kevin Dennis (:

Simple and elegant.

Susan Stremlau (:

Mm-hmm.

Ariana Teachey (:

Even

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah. all right, six months from now, what do you think this wedding will be remembered for? Put your thinking caps on.

August Yocher (:

Think just the media impact.

Susan Stremlau (:

yeah. One of the things that I would like to

imagine the impact is just from my own perspective is everything is so all weddings are very social media heavy you know you have and very event focused and very like focused on what the couple wants which I think is really important but like you kevin I really believe that it's the most important party you throw in your entire life and considering your guest

Kevin Dennis (:

Mm-hmm.

Susan Stremlau (:

experience is really important. So I hope we get away from

Focusing on the wedding being Instagram worthy or Pinterest worthy and get to

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Susan Stremlau (:

more personal, private, you know, you don't have to have the bachelor party for four days that costs your, you know, your bridesmaids thousands of dollars and that just that you can have something that is very personal and private and not you don't have to have everything on social media.

Kevin Dennis (:

Hm. Yeah, that's true.

All right.

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

What do you think, Ariana?

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah, I think something similar to that is like that it can be a little bit more private. And I wonder if we'll see like I know that couples do this who obviously are celebrities and and bigger, they like take you know, they take the phones and however, you know, do that kind of thing. So I wonder if we'll see that like that

kind of grow for kind of quote unquote, you know, normal couples is like that kind of cause you know, we've

For years we've seen the like, okay, you know, put your cell phones away during the ceremony because we don't want to see those cell phones, you know, the photographers

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Ariana Teachey (:

there. We don't need to see your cell phones as you're hovering over the side of the aisle trying to take your own pictures. So I wonder if we'll see more of like, okay, we're putting the phones here and like, you know, that's that's kind of what we're doing, or if we'll see that more.

Kevin Dennis (:

You just

August Yocher (:

That'd be awesome.

Unplugged reception.

Kevin Dennis (:

You just gave me a business idea. I'm like,

we can we could st well I've I've been to a couple

Ariana Teachey (:

Take the phones.

Kevin Dennis (:

like I've been to Jimmy Kimmel and a couple and we my wife and I went and saw Wanda Sites and a couple different and our phones have been locked up, but you still have them with you. And so yeah. Yeah, so it

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm, okay. Yeah, I wasn't sure exactly how it works. Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

goes in a little pouch and then it it it's a little like magnetic lock and then and then what they do is they tap the lock and it slips out. So I'm like, I wonder if that's a

little business that we can start creating and lock up like for the ceremony. You know what I'm saying? Like, yeah.

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah, for the ceremony would be nice. Cause

cause even if you say it,

Susan Stremlau (:

I love it.

Ariana Teachey (:

there's still gonna be people who are gonna do it. They still do it.

Kevin Dennis (:

They still it it it's you know

because it's your relative, it's that aunt that is still

August Yocher (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

thinks they're the boss of you and therefore

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

they're gonna do whatever they want and they don't have to listen to the rules. I can't tell you how many

Ariana Teachey (:

Exactly.

Kevin Dennis (:

times I've had an aunt tell me at a wedding, I'm the bride's aunt. I can do what I want, you know, like anything. And I'm like, no, you need to turn around and go sit down right now. So No.

August Yocher (:

Congratulations.

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah, like good for you. Yeah, yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

You hold them.

Ariana Teachey (:

Go find your seat, please. Like

Susan Stremlau (:

We've come so

far to one end, like this, telling your guests that they have to wear a color palette to the wedding so that it looks a certain way. Like, you know, you saw a guest going into that wedding and they were wearing whatever they wanted to wear to, you know, a

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

black tie wedding clearly.

August Yocher (:

That's so true. I didn't

even think about that.

Ariana Teachey (:

That is very true,

yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

So I just wish- I hope my hope is that we get away from such a curated four online, you know, and make it take it back to guest experience and you know, you're getting married. That's the most important part. Mm-hmm.

August Yocher (:

Just fun, you know.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

Yeah. That's it's well 'cause yeah, yeah, now there's content creators and there's you know, there's content creators

Susan Stremlau (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

for the couples, there's content creators for the you know, for the vendor. It it just

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

it's it's becoming the paparazzi at a wedding now and like you said,

Susan Stremlau (:

Yes.

Kevin Dennis (:

it it'd be nice to just take it back a few notches and go back the way it used to be. So

Yeah, not everything needs to be a reality show. Unless unless it was Taylor and Travis, we want to know.

Ariana Teachey (:

We we want the reality show. We w

we want the wedding the wedding doc.

Susan Stremlau (:

Yeah. I have a theory

about how they're gonna release it. I could be completely

out of base, okay?

August Yocher (:

Okay.

Kevin Dennis (:

I love

it.

Susan Stremlau (:

But do you remember was it last year when they when the New Heights show was on hiatus, they had Taylor come on and talk about her new album.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah, she was the first guest.

Susan Stremlau (:

Okay. I have a feeling that that could happen again.

August Yocher (:

Mm.

Ariana Teachey (:

Hello?

August Yocher (:

I didn't think of that.

Ariana Teachey (:

That would be interesting.

Susan Stremlau (:

And that they might

show a photo or two.

Ariana Teachey (:

That would be cool.

August Yocher (:

That'd be fun way to release it 'cause they're kind of in control of the narrative at the same time.

Susan Stremlau (:

Right.

Kevin Dennis (:

Hmm.

August Yocher (:

Ooh, that's something to noodle

Kevin Dennis (:

I like it. All right.

Ariana Teachey (:

I love that. I love that.

August Yocher (:

on, yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

Ha ha

ha.

Kevin Dennis (:

It's actually really ew now that you say that, yeah. Some of I I think once it comes out though, we're all gonna be like, makes sense of why it did i it

Susan Stremlau (:

Right.

Kevin Dennis (:

you know, how how yeah.

August Yocher (:

Of course, yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

Or what what the purpose was or how it's all gonna come together. So

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm.

Susan Stremlau (:

Mm-hmm.

August Yocher (:

Like, why didn't I think of that?

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

Alright. So we're coming up to the end. So any anything anybody wants to leave us with little nuggets before we move on? I sounds like when the photos come out, we're gonna have to do Taylor Talk Part three.

August Yocher (:

Part three. We'll

Ariana Teachey (:

Part

three.

August Yocher (:

be back, guys. We'll be back.

Kevin Dennis (:

No little nuggets?

August Yocher (:

I think that's

that's all for me, I think. I'm just yeah, excited to see and maybe we'll just have more Taylor news in general. It's been kinda other than the wedding, kinda low,

Ariana Teachey (:

Been a little quiet.

August Yocher (:

yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

I feel like Susan's

was the mic drop moment right there. She just she dropped drop.

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah, yeah.

August Yocher (:

Yeah. Good good ending point, yeah.

Susan Stremlau (:

Well, I I you know

I was wrong about a lot last time, so I you know th in my

Kevin Dennis (:

Hey.

Susan Stremlau (:

mind that's what works, but who knows?

Kevin Dennis (:

You never know. You gotta keep shooting. Keep trying.

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

All right, folks.

Susan Stremlau (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

real quick, if you wanna tell all our audience a little bit or how to connect with you, please do so. We normally do that. Susan.

Susan Stremlau (:

Okay, well our website is Marion Moss dot com and on Instagram we're @Marionmossfloral. And I think that's it really.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Ariana Teachey (:

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

Right are yeah, no.

Ariana Teachey (:

So I can't help you plan a wedding, but if you need a virtual assistant f and you're in the wedding industry, it's Ariana Teachey

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Ariana Teachey (:

dot com. And so yeah, come come check me out if you're looking for a virtual assistant. So

Kevin Dennis (:

Plus she's got the cutest kids and and and the cutest dog right now, so

August Yocher (:

Yes.

Ariana Teachey (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

All right. Well folks, thank you for listening to another episode of Now That I'm Engaged, How Do I Get Married? well hopefully maybe when we do the photos, I think we come back and do it again. Cause then then we'll have more answers. Yeah, that will be fun. All

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Susan Stremlau (:

Sure. That would be fun. Yeah.

Ariana Teachey (:

Yes, that would be fun.

Kevin Dennis (:

Alright, folks, we'll see you next time on another episode of Now That I'm Engaged, How Do I Get Married?

August Yocher (:

Bye.

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